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<span class=large>THE PROVERBS</span>
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CHAPTER 6
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Six things which the Lord hates are named—Those who commit adultery destroy their own souls.
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My</span> son, if thou <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/6/1a" mark="a" type="E" title="IE promise to discharge an obligation if the debtor defaults; Prov. 11: 15; Prov. 22: 26.">be</a> surety for thy friend, <i>if</i> thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
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Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
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Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/6/3a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 67: 10.">humble</a> thyself, and make sure thy friend.
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Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
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Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand <i>of the hunter, </i>and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
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&#182; Go to the <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/6/6a" mark="a" type="C" title="Prov. 30: 25; TG Work, Value of.">ant</a>, thou <sup>b</sup><a href="prov/6/6b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Apathy; TG Laziness.">sluggard</a>; consider her ways, and be wise:
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Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
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Provideth her meat in the summer, <i>and</i> gathereth her food in the harvest.
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How long wilt thou <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/6/9a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Sleep.">sleep</a>, O sluggard?  when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
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<i>Yet</i> a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
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So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
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&#182; A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/6/12a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR perverse.">froward</a> mouth.
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He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
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Frowardness <i>is</i> in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
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Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/6/15a" mark="a" type="A" title="Prov. 29: 1.">remedy</a>.
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&#182; These six <i>things</i> doth the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/6/16a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Hate.">hate</a>: yea, seven <i>are</i> an abomination unto him:
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A <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/6/17a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Haughtiness; TG Pride.">proud</a> look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
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An <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/6/18a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Hardheartedness.">heart</a> that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
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A <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/6/19a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Slander.">false</a> witness <i>that</i> speaketh <sup>b</sup><a href="prov/6/19b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Gossip; TG Honesty; TG Lying.">lies</a>, and he that soweth <sup>c</sup><a href="prov/6/19c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Disputations.">discord</a> among brethren.
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&#182; My son, keep thy <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/6/20a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Family, Children, Duties of.">father</a>’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
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<sup>a</sup><a href="prov/6/21a" mark="a" type="A" title="Deut. 6: 8 (4-10).">Bind</a> them continually upon thine heart, <i>and</i> tie them about thy neck.
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When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and <i>when</i> thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
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For the commandment <i>is</i> a <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/6/23a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 119: 105.">lamp</a>; and the law <i>is</i> light; and reproofs of instruction <i>are</i> the way of life:
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To keep thee from the <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/6/24a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Adultery.">evil</a> <sup>b</sup><a href="prov/6/24b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Woman.">woman</a>, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="prov/6/25a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Chastity; TG Lust; TG Sexual Immorality.">Lust</a> not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
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For by means of a whorish woman <i>a man is brought</i> to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
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Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
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Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
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So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
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<i>Men</i> do not despise a thief, if he <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/6/30a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Stealing.">steal</a> to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
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But <i>if </i>he be found, he shall <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/6/31a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 22: 4 (1-4).">restore</a> sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
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<i>But</i> whoso committeth <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/6/32a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Adultery.">adultery</a> with a woman lacketh <sup>b</sup><a href="prov/6/32b" mark="b" type="A" title="Prov. 9: 6 (4-6).">understanding</a>: he <i>that</i> doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
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A wound and <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/6/33a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 42: 24 (24-26).">dishonour</a> shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
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For <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/6/34a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Jealousy.">jealousy</a> <i>is</i> the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
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He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
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